Amusement device



C. SCHINDLER.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 24. 1922.

- 1,435,665., Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

' ITE- 1-- INVENT [IR Av M gm Patented Nov. 14, 1922.

QFFEQEG CHARLES'SCHINDLER, OF TOLEDO, OHIO.

AMUSEMENT DEVICE.

Application filed March 24, 1922.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES SoHINDLnn, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Toledo, in the county of Lucas and State of Ohio, have made an Invention appertaining to an Amusement Device; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the characters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to novelty devices, and more particularly to those for advertising purposes, and has for its object the provision of a simple, eflicient and inexpensive device of this character which is attractive and amusing in its nature.

The invention is fully described in the following specification and while,in its broader aspect it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms, a preferred embodiment thereof is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,-

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a device embodying the invention illustrating the manner of using the same, and Fig. 2 is aside elevation thereof with a portion of the handle broken away.

Referring to the drawings, 1 designates a rod or handle member having a longitudinally extending corrugated surface, whereby the rapid movement of a match, nail or other small object or of the thumb nail of a hand along the rod in contact therewith will impart vibration thereto. This rod is preferably of heavy wire which is longitudinally crimped to provide successive undulations or corrugations therein.

Fixed to one end of the rod crosswise thereof is a clip or card holder 2, which in the present instance, comprises a strip of sheet metal doubled quite closely upon itself to adapt a card 3 orother flat object to have its edge portion inserted between and f r1c tionally gripped by the opposed leg portlons or side walls of the clip. The rod 1 is connected to the clip at its base portion with the open or card receiving edge of the clip projecting upward therefrom. y

The card 3 may have any advertising or other matter displayed thereon, as, for instance, the representation of an automobile Serial No. 546,494.

from the card in proper position to form the wheel receiving spindles of the automobile shown thereby.

In the use of the device the rod or handle 1 is held in one hand and the same is vibrated by moving the thumb nail of the other hand or some other firm object successively lengthwise of the rod in contact with the corrugations thereof and the vibrations thus imparted to the rod will be communicated to the card 3 carried thereby and effect '7 a rapid spinning of the wheels of the rotary members 4 on the spindles 5.

It is evident that cards having different designs or illustrations thereon, and different forms and types of rotating memhers, may be provided and successively or selectively placed in engagement with the holding clip 2 and then vibrated in the manner described to efl'ect a rotation of the rotatable members to indicate a rapid movement of the rotating parts of the article illustrated.

I wish it understood that my invention is not limited to any specific arrangement,

construction or form of the parts, as it is capable of embodiment in numerous forms without departing from the spirit of the claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is,-

1. In a device of the class described. an elongated handle having a corrugated surface eXtending lengthwise thereof whereby the movement of an object along the handle in coaction with its corrugations will impart vibrations thereto, a card carried by an end portion of the handle whereby vibration is imparted from one to the other, the card illustrating a device having rotatable parts,

and members carried for loose rotation by the card and representing said parts, said members having rotation imparted thereto by a vibration of the card.

2. A device of the class described, having a longitudinally corrugated handle member with a card holding clip at one end, a card releasably held by said clip, and a member mounted on the card for free rotary movements when the card is vibrated, vibration being imparted to the card by movement of an object along thecorr-ugated portion 01 the handle in coaction therewith.

3. A device of the class described, having a handle provided with lrmgitudinally extending corrugations, a cross clip carried by an end of the handle and having opposed card gripping portions extending upward from the handle, a card adapted to be releasably held between the jaws of the clip and having an object with rotating parts represented thereon, studsprojecting; from the card in the axes of said parts "and mem bers mounted for free rotation on the studs and representing the rotatable parts of the object, said rotatable members being rapidly rotated by vibration communicated to the card from a vibration of the handle.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name to this specification.

CHARLES SCHINDLER. 

